#ld

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. ↗

— Henry Adams

#men #passion #regarding #senile #their

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead. ↗

— John Acton

#dead #nations #off #past #reign

It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control. ↗

— Red Adair

#control #everybody #face #finished #hurt

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#like #little #looking #necessary #rest

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#art #beyond #define #depths #difficult

I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing. ↗

— Scott Adams

#hated #i #me #never #seemed

In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished. ↗

— Charles Kendall Adams

#era #every #evident #extinguished #fire

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much. ↗

— Don Adams

#been #child #child support #i #joke

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. ↗

— James Truslow Adams

#how #live #living #make #obviously

I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#been #could #even #good #heels